This tiny hut with 4 bunk beds is fine for roughing it out and spending a little family time together. The room is air-conditioned, a major plus in this hot climate.

We brought our kids to Sentosa for a holiday.

For our accomodation, we chose the cheapest ‘room’ available at Costa Sands Resort.

You know the Chinese saying:

yi fen qian yi fen huo.

Tranlated literally:

one cent gets you one cent’s worth of goods.

We got what we paid for. A place to sleep in at night. Period.

Actually, it is pretty cosy. Like a playhouse to the kids. Clean. With fresh bedding. You make your own beds. My kids said it was just like their school camp. They loved it.

It would be ideal if you use that place purely to sleep in and spend the rest of the day exploring the island together.

Bring an umbrella for each of you as the toilet is a short walk away, outdoors. Flash downpours are common there.

Foodwise, it’s a great place for family barbecues. The resort even provides barbecue supplies in case you’ve left something out. Bring your own meat/food to barbecue though. It’s a great place for friends to bring their families, with each family taking a hut. That sense of community would be a great experience for today’s kids. Gen Y? Or is it Gen Z already?

Or you could always have local food at the coffee shop in the resort, which serves bona fide teh. (tea with condensed milk). My hubby had diarrhea from the mee goreng though, so be forewarned.

Breakfast is $3.80 for kaya toast and teh, or for a $5 breakfast set comprising of an egg, a small sausage, one cherry tomato (I’m not kidding) and generously buttered toast, with teh. Still, it’s enough to fill the stomach if you aren’t too big an eater.

I understand the chalets at the other side of the resort are bigger and the rooms are far better, but hey, we are kinda broke, so, the cheapest would have to be good enough. We had a great vacation through it all anyway.